Re: How to Sponsor a Feature

On Wed, 11 Jun 2008, Andrew Dunstan wrote:

> If we want to help people to sponsor features, then I think we need to 
> deal with subjects like finding someone to undertake the development, 
> the sponsor's relationship with the developer, methods and times of 
> payment, etc.

The bit on the wiki is helpful for developers trying to get a new feature 
implemented but I think that's where its scope ends.

There seem to be occasional person wandering by here that it really 
doesn't help though.  Periodically you'll see "I want feature $X in 
PostgreSQL.  I'm willing to help fund it.  What do I do?".  In most of 
those that have wandered by recently, $X is a known feature any number of 
other people want.  Good sample cases here are recent requests to help 
fund or implement materialized views, supporting queries on read-only 
slaves, and SQL window support.

I don't think these people need guidance on how to manage the project, 
they need some sort of way to feel comfortable saying "will pledge $Y for 
feature $X" in a way that makes sense on both sides.

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* Greg Smith gsmith@gregsmith.com http://www.gregsmith.com Baltimore, MD